Thursday 30th March 2023
Lakes Entrance
Garfish can still be found in the North Arm up to Kalimna Jetty, Cunninghame Arm for whiting and the odd pinkie and kingfish. Surf beaches for salmon and tailor. Trevally are around Bullock Island, best results on the incoming tide. Offshore at Six Mile Reef has trevally, leather jacket, whiting and gummies closer to the beach.
Lake Tyers
Bream are active in the main lake, also give Blackfellows Arm, Toorloo Arm, The Shallow Banks and The Glasshouse a go. Surf beach has salmon and tailor.
Mitchell River
Lake King and Lake Victoria for tailor with metal lures, Bream are in the river mouth. Flathead are around Eagle Point using prawn. Bass are still active at Lindenow and into the upper reaches taking hard body lures.
Tambo River
Around the river mouth for bream, whiting can also be found at the river mouth as well as The Snag’s, preferred bait being prawn.
Nicholson
The Reed’s, between the Two Bridges around the Swimming Hole and the river mouth are good for bream, best results with drifting bait’s, soft shell, prawn and plastics
Metung
Tailor can be found in Lake King biting on metal lures. Nungurner Jetty for garfish, bream are active in Boxes and Chinamans Creek.
Paynesville
Best spots for bream is in The Strait on drifting prawn, Tailor are in Lake King and Lake Victoria using metal lures.
Holland's Landing
Whiting are to be had around Carstairs Bank, The Strait, the Wood Pile and into Bull Bay on pipis. Blond Bay for bream and flathead chasing soft shell, peeled prawn and sandworm.
Marlo
The Bream Classic was held last weekend with good sized bream landed. Surf beach for salmon and tailor. Offshore has gummies and flathead.
Bemm River
Plenty of bream and flathead about, the surf beaches have salmon and tailor, best results on pilchards and poppers.
Tamboon Inlet
In the river for bream taking prawn, Eagan’s Bank and Pelican Point for flathead biting on lures. Pinkies are at the Football Ground also taking prawn.
Mallacoota
Town jetties and Goodwin Sands have bream on prawn and soft plastics, tailor are about biting on metal lures. Mulloway have also been spotted, offshore for a mixed bag.
Omeo High Country
All the rivers are still producing good sized trout, especially The Mitta Mitta, Gibbo and Livingston, mostly chasing floating earthworm and fly patents.
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